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Drivers scramble for final Countdown slots at Maple Grove

By Bill Stephens
ESPN.com

Friday, August 17, 2007

This weekend, one door closes and another one opens. The first 17-race segment of the new Countdown to the Championship sweepstakes comes to a dramatic conclusion at the Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway outside Reading, Pa. In all four NHRA POWERade classes, there are open slots in the eight-racer tournament brackets that will be filled by the end of the day Sunday. That will give this national event unprecedented significance -- a race that up until this year was scheduled following ...

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